Oliver Crawford and Kaichi Uchida will face off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Crawford who should win in 3 sets.
Oliver Crawford -> 1.48
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Oliver Crawford vs. Kaichi Uchida
There is no head to head record between Oliver Crawford and Kaichi Uchida since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Oliver Crawford
64 - 25win/loss
192
183
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64-26 | 47-16 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-22 | 9-5 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 62-27 | 17-9 | 43-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-25 | 14-8 | 38-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-23 | 23-11 | 29-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-7(1) 6-4 7-6(7).
In the 1st round against Uchiyama, Crawford recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-4 7-67).During the match, Crawford scored less points (4) than Uchiyama. In fact, the world no. 193 won 109 points vs Uchiyama’s. That means that Crawford was more focused during the important points. The American was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Crawford made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Oliver Crawford was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 63% (29/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Crawford broke Uchiyama twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Crawford has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (326-150). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Crawford has an overall 3-2 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Crawford’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Chennai,M15 Zahra,M15 Villena,M25 Luan,M25 Shenzhen,M25 Bengaluru,M25 Sabadell and the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
Oliver has a composed 64-25 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Oliver has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaichi Uchida
41 - 29win/loss
288
147
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-30 | 35-20 | 0-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 18-22 | 16-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Yusuke Takahashi 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Takahashi, Uchida recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Uchida scored 95 points vs Takahashi’s 87. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Uchida scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 56% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Takahashi 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom,M25 Sapporo,M25 Takasaki and M25 Perth.
Kaichi has an overall 41-29 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Crawford | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 29 |
| Pts | 109-113 | 95-87 |
| Total Points | 222 | 182 |
| Winners | 49 | 42 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Crawford and Uchida played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Oliver Crawford dropped 1 set, while Kaichi Uchida surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Crawford and Uchida have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Crawford played 7 games more than Uchida. Oliver scored 49 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Uchida struck 42 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Crawford | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 10 |
| 1st in | 65/111 | 54/96 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 42/54 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Crawford struck 7 aces . Uchida managed to score 10 aces . Crawford won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Crawford | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kaichi conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Crawford | |||
| R1 Uchiyama | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 109-113 | 109-113 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/111 | 65/111 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Uchida | |||
| R1 Takahashi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 95-87 | 95-87 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/96 | 54/96 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hyeon ChungChung (1-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Hynek BartonBarton (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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